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... a few hundred metres from us. Off we go. The first one was a did not find, in fact the three previous logs were DNF. On to the next one and found rather quickly. Got rid of my last travelbug here. Back in the car and out to the australian war memorial only 1 mile out of town. It is a beautiful place with lush green manicured lawns everywhere and many many rows of headstones. We walked to the top of the tower and the view over the area was magnificent. The well ...

... should have known right away that this was not the case at all. They may sometimes come off as a bit rude or stand-offish, but it's just part of the culture. You aren't in the Deep South or Texas anymore where everyone greets you with a smile. In fact, the French have a small obsession with American culture and try to sneak it into their own in various capacities. A friend of mine said there was a ridiculous line at the Abercrombie & Fitch on the Champs Elysees on Sunday ...

That's what I kept reminding myself on the plane as I jolted awake from my 2 hours of sleep to realize that I was going to be living in a foreign country for 6 months. This whole time I've been preparing myself, I genuinely thought it wouldn't be all that hard. I'd lived abroad before in a country that most people would consider treacherous compared to the calm streets of France. There was no way that this could be any harder.

One of the key destinations on this trip was Dreux, just west of Paris, where Phillip's uncle is buried. Neville Lloyd Sorensen was a flight sergeant with RAAF and was shot down over France on the 1st June 1944, aged 21. The Lancaster was on a bombing raid of the Trappes railway yards, just before D-Day. It crashed at Chandelles. We're not sure why there was seven crew instead of the usual six. ...

... font-size: medium; line-height: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">According to the information boards around the place (and for once it was interesting to note that they were written with English being the dominant text) the Australians were responsible for the turning-point of the war ...